Monthly Archives: July 2025

A 10-year TIPS is maturing July 15. How did it do as an investment?

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Tipswatch

Answer: Very well, in keeping with recent trends. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Back on July 23, 2015, the U.S. Treasury auctioned a fairly routine 10-year TIPS, CUSIP 912828XL9, generating a real yield to maturity of 0.491% and a coupon rate … Continue reading →

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Vanguard launches VTP, a new full-range TIPS ETF

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Vanguard’s lineup of bond exchange-traded funds has long had a missing piece: An ETF that indexes the performance of the full spectrum of maturities for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Vanguard’s only option was VTIP, its Short-Term Inflation-Protected … Continue reading →

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A retirement planning expert dives into the Big Beautiful Bill

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Just to give you an idea of how complicated taxes are: For my last post, discussing the tax on Social Security benefits, I made 27 edits and revisions within a day of publishing as I received … Continue reading →

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No tax on Social Security benefits? Not quite true.

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I sometimes watch too much CNN (stop me!) and on Thursday I heard Republican members of Congress repeatedly state that the just-approved Big Beautiful Bill would eliminate the tax on Social Security benefits, fulfilling a campaign … Continue reading →

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The TIP ETF just hit a meaningless milestone

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Tipswatch

For some reason, the $110 net asset value is a marker for me. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I have been writing about Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities for more than 14 years, and that is plenty of time to dream up “significant … Continue reading →

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